Messages for World Wildlife Day

Ivonne Higuero

Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero

Around the world, medicinal and aromatic plants are woven into the daily lives of billions of people.  

They flavour our foods, anchor our healing traditions, support our well‑being, and sustain livelihoods in rural and Indigenous communities.  

On...

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Lazare Eloundou Assomo

Director of World Heritage, UNESCO World Heritage Convention
WHC Director Lazare Eloundou Assomo

Dear colleagues and friends, our health is deeply connected to nature, from the plants we rely on for medicine to the ecosystems that sustain life.

Protecting biodiversity is also about protecting human well‑being.

On 3rd March, we celebrate World...

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